Chapter 9
Forest
I blew it! I freakin blew it! My creators are going to be so angry with me! What the heck had I done! I had been desperate. I should know better, I am advanced! I am 6 months old and smarter than the average 16 year old. And yet I made a dumb move like that! I will be able to clear out that mistake after I get rid of the blind one.
"361094 please report your progress." my phone stated.
"Better sooner than later." I sighed as I pulled my phone out of my pocket. "361094 here."
"Statis."
"Still at local school, attempting to sway 906153. Currently unsuccessful but holding a lead to 2nd part of mission." I state trying my best not to show emotion in my voice.
"Disappointing. We had higher hopes in you 361094."
"I will be much more successful once I have fulfilled the second part of my mission."
"You better be, remeber what will happen to Shadow if you are unsuccessful."
"Yes sir." I said my heart dropping.
"Continue on." and with that the call turned off.
It may be because I was programed this way but all he knew was that I loved Shadow. What they were planning to do to her if I fail was horrible. I had to try my best to win her heart for her sakes.
I started to fly back to the forest, I thought I would stay there tonight. I know my 'parents' would be fine with it. They aren't really my parent of course. They were people my creators hired to pretend to be my parents as a cover up for school. Social Services gave the flock a family too, but they choose to live, who knows where instead. As I flew in the direction of the forest I looked it up on my phone to find out what it was called. I found out was called 'Shadow Forest' because as soon as you disappear into the shadows of the forest. You are never seen again. I guessed it was just a legend, because unless there was somebody waiting in the forest for random passersby to walk into the forest, which was entirely possible, there was no logical explanation on why people would disappear. Still, there was something weird about this forest. People nowadays don't just blame their loved one disappearing on a legend. So I looked deeper into the forest finding out that over 1,000 companies have tried to solve this mystery, only to find no evidence of people EVER have been farther than 20 feet into the forest. It was like there was an invisible wall and if you passed it you disappeared. Although just disappearing is scientifically impossible.
I flew over the place were Star and Nightmare were taken. Noticing something felt different. Last time I felt alone, peaceful. This time I feel as if I'm being watched. I look around, trying to figure out who or what it was. My instincts about stuff like this were never wrong, never. I looked around the forest, not landing, hovering. I did not know why, but I couldn't bring myself to land on this forest floor. I started to hear excited whispering every time I dared to get close to the ground. My wings were getting sore, but I still didn't want to land. Not here. I had a feeling that it would be safe to land up ON TOP of that cliff… So I did. As I did there was no excited whispering, no person waiting to make sure I didn't come back out from this forest. I sat there for a while. Then I walked over to the edge of the cliff, to look down at the ground far below. A normal person wouldn't be able to see the bottom very well. They probably would have just been able to make out were the trees where and stuff. But I could see it perfectly. Every detail. Every grass blade, every bug, every leaf, and every eye staring back at me.
(end of chapter 9)